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CALGARY - Canada's transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garneau sa...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's embattled lieutenant governor on Saturday called for authorities, including the FBI, to investigate sexual assault allegations made against him while defying widespread call...

ISTANBUL - Turkey has called China's treatment of its minority Uighurs "a great cause of shame for humanity." In a statement Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said it's "no longer a secr...

Six stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 8 --- SINGH WANTS INVESTIGATION INTO SNC-LAVALIN CASE NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an ethics investigation into allegations that...

VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson scored the shootout winner Saturday, lifting his Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames. Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom stopped 44-of-47 sho...

CALGARY - Evander Kane's mastery of the Calgary Flames continued on Thursday night. Kane and Tomas Hertl each scored twice and added an assist to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 5-2 win over the Ca...

CHICAGO - Jonathan Toews joked he was out of gas. He had at least one terrific play left in the tank. Toews scored 3:21 into overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on T...

NEW YORK - Marc Gasol had seven points and six rebounds in his Toronto debut and the Raptors sent the New York Knicks to their 16th straight loss, 104-99 Saturday night. Acquired from Memphis before T...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Edmonton Oilers played with an edge and an eagerness to snap out of their slump, taking full advantage of a sleepy start by Minnesota. The Wild sure could use some of that same u...

WOLFVILLE, N.S. - A member of a Nova Scotia university hockey team has taken responsibility for making comments that led to a bench-clearing brawl last weekend. Acadia University's Rodney Southam...